The winter of our discontent
The City of Melbourne has experienced its coldest winter in 26 years.
The news was eagerly anticipated by the scientific and environmental activist community, who had been monitoring the trend with growing alarm.
'It was a...
Free to protest – except if you’re Christian or on the wrong side of...
This item caught my attention as I was scanning the news today:
Sex Party MP Fiona Patten seeks to establish new laws in Victoria that would establish a 150 metre 'safe access zone' around abortion...
Bill Whittle Video: Happy Warriors Fighting ISIS
Bill Whittle, of the inspiring PJTV, has a gift for words. In this video, he talks proudly about the good character of the people who are fighting against ISIS.
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Rule Britannia
The Queen is poised to become the longest serving British monarch in history, and here in the colonies we're all just blissfully blase about that. But it's not all good news for the Republicans...
Say It With A Picture: Scene from a shopping mall in regional Australia
I doubt this image will get much media coverage. The national broadcaster (the ABC) is uninterested. The left wing media are, of course, ignoring it. But for those who do care - this is...
Black lives matter
BREAKING: A man has been arrested in the United States in relation to what appears to be a racially motivated hate crime. You haven't heard about it because the victim was a white police...
Goodes booed by Victorian crowd
AFL administrators are dismayed that Adam Goodes was once again booeed in Melbourne. On this occasion St Kilda supporters were identified as 'the face of racism' in Australia. An AFL spokesperson told XYZ that...
Build me a Wall
We live in a world that has walls. Some are very visible. Some are less tangible, like the borders between sovereign nations. But they are walls nonetheless. In some places, there is a physical...
Backhanded compliments and the untouchable idiots
While reflecting on various matters recently, a moment of inspiration struck me with the words to articulate a growing and disturbing trend.
Simply put: We have, for some time now, been in an era in...